Anchor Gallery

Promotional Recruitment card for the U. S. Navy

Promotional Recruitment card for the U. S. Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Illinois. 2200 recruits under training have formed a giant anchor, with Rear Admiral John Downes US Navy, Comnading Officer, lounging at the front! Date: 1943

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

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Trial of Anchors at the Royal Dockyard, Sheerness, July 1852

Engraving of a trial of various anchor designs, held at the Royal Dockyard Sheerness, from the Illustrated London News, 17th July 1852. This trial was held in the presence of mercantile shipowners and an Admiralty committee, in order to test the 'holding' power of a number of anchors. These included the New Admiralty, Aylen's, Rodger's, Mitcheson's, Honibal's, Isaac's, Lenox's and Trotman's improved Porter anchor. Trotman's anchor was declared the winner.

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

Panorama of Basseterre, St. Kitts with the British Navy

Panorama of Basseterre, St. Kitts with the British Naval Fleet in Roadstead - February 20th to 26th, 1934. Pictured are HMS Nelson, Rodney, Malaya, Valiant, Leander, Acheles, Furious, Kempenfelt, Crusader, Comet, Crescent, Cygnet, War Sepoy, Saguenay, Champlain, Skeena and Vancouver. Date: 1934

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

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